Annual 2024 Competition

This is a forum for, primarily, monthly (or so!) photographic competitions that complement the annual competition.
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Pete Eeles
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Annual 2024 Competition

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The UK Butterflies 2024 Annual Photography Competition is now open for entries! In keeping with the online nature of the UK Butterflies website, the competition itself will be conducted entirely over the web. The competition closes on November 30th and the winning photos will be announced in early December.

Entering Your Photos

You must be a member of the UK Butterflies forums to submit your photos. To register, access the forums (index.php), click on the Register button in the top right of the menu bar, and then fill in your details. Your membership will be activated once it has been checked by an administrator, after which you can login.

Once you have logged in, you may contribute up to 3 photos in total, each of which should be placed in THIS THREAD (just 'Post Reply' and add your photos using the ''Add Files' button in the 'Attachments' tab below the text field). All photos must have been taken in the wild (and may have been taken outside of the UK, despite the name of this website!).

Judging

Judging will be conducted by an independent panel, and their decision is final. Please refrain from commenting on images that are posted until after the competition has closed.

Prize

The competition is supported by Greenwings (https://greenwings.co), the UK Butterflies sponsor. The winner will receive a copy of the excellent 'Close-Up - The Complete Guide to Macro Photography' by Matt Doogue (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Close-Up-Compl ... 1781579245).

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Good luck!

Cheers,

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Have attached two photos for competition
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Male brimstone on Corncockle taken in my garden
Male brimstone on Corncockle taken in my garden
Head on shot of Comma butterfly taken 2024
Head on shot of Comma butterfly taken 2024
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3 files for this years photo competition.
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Roosting Dark Green Fritillary - Perth Scotland
Roosting Dark Green Fritillary - Perth Scotland
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Perth Scotland
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Perth Scotland
Two-tailed Pasha - Corfu
Two-tailed Pasha - Corfu
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1/3: Northern brown argus, Perthshire
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Northern brown argus
Northern brown argus
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One decidedly 'offbeat'.

Jack
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Here are my three.

Small Blue butterfly at Glamis on 25th May.

Common blue female butterfly at Fallin 10th June.

Northern brown argus butterfly at Grantown on 15th June.
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Here are my three.

Small Blue butterfly at Glamis on 25th May.

Common blue female butterfly at Fallin 10th June.

Northern brown argus butterfly at Grantown on 15th June.
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Small blue butterfly at Glamis
Small blue butterfly at Glamis
Common blue female butterfly at Fallin
Common blue female butterfly at Fallin
Northern brown argus butterfly at Grantown
Northern brown argus butterfly at Grantown
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2/3: Peacock, Perthshire
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Peacock
Peacock
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3/3: Small blue, Angus
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Small blue
Small blue
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Three efforts from me . . . .
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Glanville Fritillary
Glanville Fritillary
Duke of Burgundy's
Duke of Burgundy's
Adonis Blue
Adonis Blue
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My 3 photos
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Comma
Comma
White Admiral
White Admiral
Brown Argus
Brown Argus
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Green Hairstreak. Incombe Hole. 12.05.24
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Black Hairstreak. Monks Wood, Cambs, 2nd June
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One from me............."It,s behind you ! " Allan.W.
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A strange season/year for 2024! Some winners...but mostly losers. Lets hope next year is better all round.
Three pics from me, as usual, single images, basic editing of Jpegs, Handheld. Taken in/around Kent. cheers Paul.

Silver Spotted Skipper nectaring (male). 11/8/24 at 4.40pm. Queendown Warren, Kent.
Panasonic G9, f/9, 1/400sec. ISO 250. Image is not cropped.
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Common Blue (female) basking in the late afternoon sunshine. 4/8/24 at 6.00pm. Queendown Warren, Kent.
Panasonic G9, f/9, 1/400sec. ISO 250. Image is cropped some.
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Brimstone nectaring (male) Back lit (shooting into the sun/light). 28/7/24 at 5.00pm. Burham Down, Kent.
Panasonic G9, f/9, 1/640sec. ISO 400. Image is not cropped.
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Here's three personal favourites from my European travels this year:

Bavius Blue - Northern Greece
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Yellow-banded Skipper - Northern Greece
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Furry Blue - Provence
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Brown Argus
Brown Argus
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